Cellular polyamine profile of the phyla Dinophyta, Apicomplexa, Ciliophora, Euglenozoa, Cercozoa and Heterokonta

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 297-303

  Hamana, Koei ^a   Sakamoto, Azusa ^a   Nishina, Masami ^b   Niitsu, Masaru ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Cercozoa; Ciliophora; Dinophyta; Euglenozoa; Heterokonta; Norspermidine; Polyamine

Indexed keywords

1,3 PROPANEDIAMINE; AGMATINE; AMINE; CADAVERINE; HOMOSPERMIDINE; NORSPERMIDINE; NORSPERMINE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CERCOZOA; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOPHYTA; EUGLENOZOA; FLAGELLATE; HETETOKONTA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CILIOPHORA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EUGLENA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

APICOMPLEXA; CERCOZOA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENOZOA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 14644423235     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.50.297     Document Type: Article

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